Truss.



W. W. CLINDININ.

TRUss. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 21,1908.

Patented Oct` 5, 1909.

fnverziar william (Zi/diran WILLIAM W. CLINDININ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 21, 1908.

Patented Get. 5, 1909. Serial No. 468,505.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM IV. DININ, a.. subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trusses for hernia or rupture,the object being to provide a truss that will be easy for the wearer andthat will adapt itself to the movementsof the body .without losing itsproper position.

A further object of my invention is to provide a truss pad having suchform as to cause no uneasiness on the part of the wearer even when amoderate pressure is applied to said pad. And a further object of myinvention is to provide a positive and adjustable means for tilting thetruss pad, whereby a slight upward pressurevmay be brought to bear onthe affected parts in order to counter-balance the downward tendencycaused by gravity.

Cther objects will appear hereinafter.

TWith these objects in view, my invention consists in such a novelconstruction and arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter fullyset fort-h and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and inwhichh Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved truss in itspreferred form. Fig. 2 is a detail front elevation showing the truss padspring, and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the truss padtilting means.

Referring now to the drawings, l indicates the truss belt which is madepreferably of webbing or other suitable material. The truss pad 2 ispreferably made of vulcanite and may be elliptical or circular in form.The pad may be disposed, as shown, or the major axis of the ellipse maybe vertical if so desired. The understrap 3 is provided with the usualbuckle 4 and loop 5 which is adapted to slide easily on the belt l foradjusting itself to the various positions of the wearer. The belt 1 isprovided with the usual buckle 6 and is preferably arranged to buckle onthe left side of the wearer, as shown.

Arranged in front and secured to the understrap 3 by means of the buckle7 is a CLIN- small, preferably leather strap 8, provided with a sheetmetal hook 9 for engaging the wire belt loop 10 which is integral withthe conoidal spring 1l. The hook 12 secured to the understrap 3 isadapted to engage the spring 11 at 13, as shown, or at let as indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 3. This construction permits the pad 2 to betilted at any desired angle, and forms the main feature of my invention.If it is desired to have the pad 2 produce a slightly upward pressure onthe body at the point of Contact therewith, the strap 8 may be pulledthrough the buckle 7 and its tongue inserted in the perforation 15,.when the pad 2 will have the required tilt for producing the desiredresult. The spring l1 may be secured in the pad 2 in any suitablemanner; for instance, during the process of forming the pad, the springmay be inserted in the rubber when the same is in a plastic or moltencondition.

IVhile I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my improvedtruss, I do not Wish to be limited thereto, as there might be minorchanges made in the details of construction and arrangement of partswithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. In a truss, the combination with a belt provided with a buckle, aspring integral with a loop for engaging said belt, a pad secured tosaid spring at the end thereof opposite said loop, an understrapslidably mounted at the rear of said belt at one end thereof, andprovided with a hook at the other end, said hook being adapted to engagesaid spring, and a strap adjustably secured to said understrap andprovided with a hook for engaging said loop, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

2. In a truss, a belt and a buckle therefor, an understrap having oneend thereof loosely mounted on said belt, a wire loop adapted to slipover said-belt for supporting a conoidal spring integral therewith, apad secured to said spring at its inner eX- tremity, a hook on saidunderstrap for engaging any of the coils of said spring, and anauxiliary strap adjustably secured to said understrap provided with ahook for engaging said loop, whereby said pad may be tilted,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. 1n a truss, a belt and a buckle therefor, an understrap having oneend thereof loosely mounted on said belt, a wire loop adapted to slipover said belt for supporting a conoiclal spring integral therewith, apad Secured to said spring at its inner extremity, a hook on saidunderstrap for engaging any of the coils of Said Spring, a buckleSecured to said unclerstrap adjacent the front end thereof, and a Strapprovdecl` with a hook adapted to engage said loop In testimony whereof Ihave signed my l5 name to this specification in the presence of twoSubscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM XV. CLINDININ.

Ttnesses JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, JANET E. HOGAN.

